Jenniemae & James : a memoir in black & white

Resource Information

The work Jenniemae & James : a memoir in black & white represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.

Label

Jenniemae & James : a memoir in black & white

Title remainder

a memoir in black & white

Statement of responsibility

Brooke Newman

Title variation

Jenniemae and James

Creator

• trueNewman, Brooke

Subject

• trueAfrican American women
• African American women -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
• trueEuropean American men
• trueFriendship
• Friendship -- United States -- Case studies
• Harrington, Jenniemae
• trueHousehold employees
• trueHousekeepers
• trueInterracial friendship
• trueMathematicians
• Mathematicians -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
• Men, White -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
• Newman, Brooke -- Family
• Newman, James R., (James Roy), 1907-1966
• trueUnited States -- Race relations
• trueUnited States -- Race relations -- Case studies
• Washington (D.C.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
• trueWashington, D.C. -- Race relations
• Women household employees -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography
• African American women -- Biography

Genre

• trueCase studies
• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

Recreating the early Civil Rights era, Newman's memoir is a pitch-perfect account of the improbable friendship that developed between mathematician James Newman, friend of Albert Einstein and father of two, and his employee Jenniemae--an illiterate, numbers-savvy maid whom James recruited to take care of his affluent Washington, D.C., home

Writing style

• trueEngaging
• trueConversational

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 975.3/0410922
• B

Index

no index present

LC call number

F205.A1

LC item number

N49 2010

Literary form

non fiction